Google's anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

Google’s anti-ad scripts are breaking browsers and privacy plugins. It could get worse because Google controls the ad market, Chrome, and the extension store.

      • PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.works
        13·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t logged out since they started this push and I don’t get them with just Firefox/uBlock. I was getting them for a bit and they even blocked me completely at one point. But I just cleared my uBlock cache and updated and it’s been working fine.

      • LadyLikesSpiders@lemmy.ml
        5·
        1 year ago

        Yes I am. I even got the pop-ups for a couple days a week ago, but I just closed the pop ups and resumed the videos with no ads

      • vinyl@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        I got those popups while not even being logged in at some points, but just purging the cache on uBlock filters seems to work.

      • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.works
        279·
        1 year ago

        Opera GX 🤢🤮

        Use a proper browser like Firefox or preferably LibreWolf with a proper adblocker like uBlock Origin. LibreWolf even comes with uBO preinstalled. It also makes many other significant privacy security improvements compared to normal Firefox.

        • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
          66·
          1 year ago

          Literally say I have uBO on so lol chill. It works fine so I see no need to swap. Been using opera since before it went chromium and it’s been fine so no real need to swap. Haven’t run into issues with being told to use chrome/edge I’ve seen people post on here, haven’t run into issues with having to update uBO or anything for it to work with YouTube so I’m fine. Plus workspaces and CPU/Internet limiters are nice.

          • Free Palestine 🇵🇸@sh.itjust.works
            131·
            1 year ago

            I do actually see a need for you to switch, Opera is one of the shadiest browsers owned by some weird Chinese company. It collects all of your data and sends it right to China, I wouldn’t be comfortable using this, it’s far worse than Chrome or even Edge. They also run really weird ads and marketing campaigns, just use Firefox or LibreWolf, the latter has uBlock Origin preinstalled and it’s pre-configured for maximum privacy. I can only recommend it!

            • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zipEnglish
              33·
              1 year ago

              I mean I don’t really care if China has my data. Rather them than a US company. Not much china’s government can do about me (and not like I’m gonna be some high priority target for them so, whatever. If they wanted my data that bad they could just buy it from every American company anyways. )

              Understandable though if you don’t want china having your data. I just have mostly given up on caring about it. Someone is gonna have my data anyways.

          • Dogeek@sh.itjust.works
            5·
            1 year ago

            The problem is that it is chromium based, hence giving Google more power in deciding internet standards (like their web environment integrity API proposed a few months ago)

    • money_loo
      429·
      1 year ago

      Also having zero problems here paying for it.

      • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
        212·
        1 year ago

        Paying isn’t a bad idea if you want to do that.

        Google creeping on your privacy and your right to view HTML the way you choose to is gross and violating.

        These two ideologies don’t have much overlap, and definitely can coexist separately.

        • money_loo
          21·
          1 year ago

          Y’all have a strangely strong emotional reaction to me just informing you that paying for the product works well as well.

          Sometimes you pay for a product and it’s not what you expected or it sucks.